Yaarrrr! It be citrus bounty week here in Los Altos Hills, CA… I gathered m’self about 10 schhwarly pounds of home-grown blood oranges and meyer lemons (from a co-worker and a neighbor, respectively). Ahh…
Fantastic Fruits
Moroccan Salt Preserved Citrus: Blood Oranges and Meyer Lemons
March 6th, 2008 | by Jen | published in All, DIY Food Projects, Fantastic Fruits, Lemon, Most Popular, Orange, Preserves and Pickles, Weekend Projects
Persimmon Applesauce
January 6th, 2008 | by Jen | published in All, Apple, DIY Food Projects, Fantastic Fruits, Persimmon, Weekend Projects
Applesauce, in my eyes, is a food that has gone and come again. Tainted by years of finding plastic applesauce tubs in my grade school lunch box (when what I really wanted was soft-baked chocolate…
Pomegranate Glazed Root Vegetables with Israeli Couscous
January 4th, 2008 | by Jen | published in All, Beets, Carrots, Fantastic Fruits, Grand Grains, Pomegranate, Sweet Potatoes / Yams, Veritable Vegetables, Weeknight Recipes
On a recent trip to the Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco, I made up my mind that I was finally going to purchase a bottle of pomegranate syrup which I had been eyeing since I first read about it on…
Three Infused Vodkas: Persimmon, Lemon, and Pear/Ginger
December 14th, 2007 | by Jen | published in All, DIY Food Projects, Fantastic Fruits, Ginger, Lemon, Most Popular, Pear, Persimmon, Succulent Spices, Weekend Projects
Lazy Sundays can’t be beat. There have been times in my life when the day of the week didn’t matter too much and time was a very fluid thing–for good or bad though, now is not one of those times, and I savor my lazy Sundays…